Doubts and Plans
“The food is delicious Spike!” Twilight said in delight as she took another spoonful of the delicacy her baby dragon has made.
“Thanks, Twilight!” Spike thanked the princess, hearing Twilight praise him always brought him great joy.
The two were enjoying a delicious meal that Spike had cooked up when a bright light blinded them.
“What in Equestria?!” Twilight shouted as she used her wing to shield her from the intense light, she used her magic to bring Spike to her to protect him in case of danger.
“Twilight!”
“Princess Celestia?!” Twilight recognized the voice as the light faded to reveal the Princess of the Sun. “What are you doing here and why do you look so panicked?”
“Twilight, it’s Sunset!” Celestia said in a panic. “She’s in danger!”
“Danger?” Twilight questioned, watching as the princess looked around frantically. “Princess Celestia calm down, you’re not making much sense.”
“The journal, Twilight! Where’s the journal?!” Princess Celestia asked almost hysterically as she desperately looked around for the journal.
“It’s right here Princess,” Twilight said as she levitated the journal in front of the princess. “Princess Celestia, what has gotten you so worked up?”
Princess Celestia took the journal in her magic and flipped through the pages until she found today’s entry, she quickly read through it and discovered that Sunset was safe. However…
“Twilight, what is going on with Sunset? And who is Anon-A-Miss?” the sun Princess asked, flipping through the previous entries.
Twilight was about to explain when she noticed Celestia’s eyes narrow before looking back at her.
“Never mind, Sunset explained it very well.” The Princess closes the journal with an auditable snap before floating it back to Twilight.
As Twilight took hold of the journal with her magic, she watched the solar Princess take several deep breaths to calm herself.
“My apologies for the outburst earlier Twilight,” Celestia apologized to the Princess of friendship, now fully regaining her composure.
“Don’t worry Princess, I understand. Sunset means a lot to you,” Twilight assures her mentor, glancing over at Spike. “I know I would act the same way.”
“Thank you, Twilight. If it’s alright, may I ask what has been going on with Sunset in the other world?” Celestia asked.
“Sure thing, Princess,” Twilight said as she set the journal down on the table. “Spike, can you make the Princess some tea please?”
“Right away!” Spike saluted before going to prepare the tea.
“Please have a seat, Princess.” Twilight motioned for the Princess to sit.
Spike quickly came back with a tray that had a teacup and two teacups, he sets the tray down and poured a cup for Celestia before handing it to her.
“Thank you, Spike.” Princess Celestia thanked the young dragon, taking the tea in her magic.
“You’re welcome, Princess,” Spike said with a smile as he poured another cup of tea and handed it to Twilight.
“Thanks, Spike.” Twilight thanked Spike as she nuzzled him.
Spike appreciated the affection before taking a seat by Twilight’s side, Celestia watched with a hint of envy. A reminder of what she had lost.
“Now then,” Twilight cleared her throat before she started to explain to the Princess what has been going on.
Fluttershy layed on top of her bed facing the ceiling, she was conflicted. Honestly, things had not been going so well for her and her friends. After Anon-A-Miss posted those embarrassing photos of their slumber party, they had angrily thrown Sunset Shimmer out of the group. Once her anger subsided, Fluttershy wondered if they had made a mistake but she had been afraid to voice out her opinion.
Now, things at school have gone crazy. Sunset Shimmer had once again taken over the school and she also had taken their magic. But what bothered her was when a group of students harassed her after she and her friends failed to defeat Sunset Shimmer. It was Sunset who had helped her.
What if they had made a mistake? What if Sunset was not Anon-A-Miss? That still didn’t explain why she decided to go bad again. If she wasn’t Anon-A-Miss, shouldn’t she try to clear her name?
Fluttershy wanted to talk with the girls about this but it seemed they were focused on bringing Sunset down. Rainbow Dash also seemed obsessed about it, like it was some kind of sacred mission. She knew her friend had an ego and loved to be the hero but it was like she wanted Sunset Shimmer to be evil because then it would be alright to beat her. Rainbow Dash simply refused to admit she was wrong.
Fluttershy brought her phone up to her face and looked at her contacts. There was someone she could talk to, Pinkie Pie. She’d probably understand.
“I hope she’s not still at work,” Fluttershy hoped as she checked the time on her phone, it was half-past six so Pinkie Pie should be out of work. She pressed her number and placed her phone against her ear, she heard it ring twice before a cheerful voice answered.
‘Hi, Fluttershy!’ Pinkie answered happily.
“Hi, Pinkie. Do you have a minute?” Fluttershy asked, sitting upright.
‘Of course! What do you want to talk about?’ Pinkie Pie asked.
“It’s...it’s about Sunset,” Fluttershy answered, a little nervously.
‘Oh,’ the cheeriness in Pinkie’s voice was gone.
“If you don’t want to talk about her then I understand!” Fluttershy quickly said, hoping her friend wasn’t mad at her.
'It's fine. Let's talk about Sunset. If you need to vent, I'm here.' Pinkie Pie assured Fluttershy.
"I'm starting to think she's not Anon-A-Miss," Fluttershy said, getting straight to the point.
'...You too, huh?'
"Pinkie? You mean you're..." Fluttershy was surprised to hear that Pinkie Pie had second thoughts about Sunset’s guilt.
'I talked with Maud. She made me reconsider a few things about Sunset and Anon-A-Miss but it started when our magic did not work on Sunset like we thought it would.' Pinkie explained.
“Rainbow Dash believes it’s because Sunset stole our magic,” Fluttershy said.
‘But that still doesn’t explain why she turned into an angel instead of a demon,’ Pinkie Pie pointed out. ‘And then there’s the whole taking over the school thing.’
“I’m really confused, Pinkie. One moment Sunset helps me the next she’s back to her mean ways,” Fluttershy said in frustration. “I don’t understand Sunset at all.”
‘....Did we really understand her?’ Pinkie Pie questioned, more to herself than Fluttershy.
“What do you mean?” Fluttershy asked.
‘I think we should discuss this with the girls tomorrow,’ Pinkie Pie suggested. ‘I wanna hear their answer,’
“Okay,” Fluttershy simply said. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Pinkie.”
‘See you, Fluttershy.’ Pinkie Pie said farewell, her tone soft.
Fluttershy hung up and placed her phone on her nightstand and when she did she noticed that her hand was shaking.
“Why am I shaking?” Fluttershy asked herself. “Am I..afraid?”
Fluttershy was confused, what was she afraid of? She held her shaking hand and tried to calm herself by taking deep slow breaths, her hand soon stopped shaking and Fluttershy got up from her bed to go feed her animals.
“And that’s what has been happening with Sunset, Princess.” Twilight finished explaining.
Princess Celestia has her eyes closed, her expression unreadable. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Twilight, a smile slowly formed on her lips.
“Thank you, Twilight. Sunset truly needed a friend in her hour of need and despite the distance, you were there for her.” Princess Celestia thanked Twilight.
“I only did what any good friend would do,” Twilight humbly said, her cheeks a little rosy.
“And she needs that friendship more than ever now,” Princess Celestia said as she used her magic to open the journal to Sunset discussing her plans. “Becoming the worst of what everyone assumes of you just to bring about peace, Sunset has placed a heavy burden on her shoulders.”
“She has,” Twilight agrees sadly, her ears dropping. “Princess, Sunset feels that her efforts to change were all in vain and the sad part is that she’s right.”
“Twilight, Sunset has been in that world for a long time. Only she knows the extent of the torment she has inflicted on the students there, I fear that despite how much Sunset tries to make up for her mistakes, she might never be truly forgiven.” Princess Celestia said sadly.
Twilight was even more saddened by this, she had hoped that everything would be back to how they used to be. But it appears that Sunset will always be alone in that world without a friend, Twilight looks at Celestia and sees that she’s not happy about this either.
“Celestia, would you mind helping us?”
“But I thought you two didn’t need my help yet?” Celesta questioned.
“That’s true, but the thought of Sunset only having one pony there for her isn’t right,” Twilight explains. “I think she would be really happy to have you in her corner.”
“I don’t want to push her into doing something she’s not ready for,” Celestia said, fearing that this will only stress Sunset further.
“You won’t, but you said so yourself that Sunset needs a friend now more than ever. She needs us,” Twilight argued, a smile graced her lips as she spoke the next words in a soft voice “But maybe who Sunset really needs, is you.”
Princess Celestia cast her gaze on her teacup, ever since Sunset left for the other world she has been going over in her mind what exactly went wrong. She realized what went wrong when she recalled the look in Sunset’s eyes, it was the same look that her sister had given her. A look of anger, frustration, and betrayal. It was her fault, if she had acted sooner then maybe Sunset wouldn’t have gone down the path that she has. She had failed her sister and now she had failed her daughter, how could she have been such a fool? She had longed for a chance to make up for her mistake and with the return of her sister, her hope only grew that one day her family can be whole again.
But there was always that nagging voice in the back of her head, telling her that she’s going to mess up. That she’s going to once again push her daughter away, Celesta shakes her head, now is not the time for self-doubt. Her daughter needs her.
“You’re right, Twilight. I would be happy to help Sunset.” Celestia said, looking at Twilight with a smile.
“Great!” Twilight was happy to hear this, and Sunset will be very happy too. “By the way, Princess Celestia. How did you know that Sunset was in trouble?”
“Oh! It’s simple, I’ve placed a spell on Sunset’s journal that alerts me if something were to happen to it.” Celestia explained.
“Sunset didn’t mention this,” Twilight said, wondering why Sunset wouldn’t tell her this.
“Sunset isn’t aware of the spell,” Celestia said sheepishly.
“Well, you’re going to have to tell her that when you two reunite,” Twilight said.
“I’ll be sure too,” Celestia assured her former student, getting up from her chair. “Thank you, Twilight. I must be heading back now, let me know when Sunset writes back.”
“Will do,” Twilight said as she watched the Princess teleport herself back to the royal palace.
The following morning, Rainbow Dash is tapping her foot impatiently as she waits by the Wondercolt statue. She spots Applejack approaching and quickly goes to meet her.
“About time!” Rainbow Dash said, in an irritated tone.
“Good morning to you too, Dash.” Applejack said sarcastically.
“Hello, darlings!” Rarity waved to her friends as she approached them.
“Now we just gotta wait for Pinkie and Fluttershy,” Rainbow Dash said as she looked in the direction the two usually come from.
Right on cue Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy came into view, both girls waving at their friends.
“Now that everyone’s here, I got some serious news to tell you, girls.” Rainbow Dash spoke in a serious tone.
"What a coinkidink! We've got something to say too and it's super important!" Pinkie Pie said cheerily but there was a serious glimmer in her eyes.
"OK, but I bet it won't be as serious as my news."
Pinkie Pie nudged Fluttershy forward. Fluttershy hated being put on the spot like this but she owed it to Sunset to speak her mind. She had a lot of time to think about Anon-A-Miss, Sunset's involvement, and her mission to take control of the school. Rainbow Dash may not want to hear it but it needed to be said.
"...I think you're wrong about Sunset Shimmer," Fluttershy spoke softly but still loud enough for Rainbow Dash to hear.
Rainbow Dash blinked, surprised and unsure of what she just heard coming from Fluttershy.
"What was that, Shy?"
"I think you're wrong about Sunset Shimmer," Fluttershy repeated as she put more courage in her words and stance. Pinkie Pie pumped her fist.
"Wrong? I can't be wrong! Sunset's gone bad! She's evil!" Rainbow Dash argued, she can’t believe that her childhood friend would defend the one who betrayed them.
"And I think you're wrong!" Fluttershy shouted back. "And you know what else I think? You just want Sunset to be the bad guy so you don't have to feel guilty about how we treated her!"
Normally, Fluttershy was soft-spoken and shy like her name implied but when she got furious or passionate she could really raise her voice. Rainbow Dash was shocked by the accusation, she tried to argue back but no words came out of her mouth.
“See? You know I’m right!” Fluttershy stated.
“Easy there, Fluttershy.” Applejack tried to calm down her friend, placing a hand on the shy girl’s shoulder. “We’re all friends here.”
“I admit that I do feel bad for the way I treated Sunset,” Rainbow Dash spoke, a hint of regret in her voice. “But I heard her plan Fluttershy, I heard her command her army, just like I heard her plan something with Trixie using our stolen magic at the Canterlot hospital.”
“Canterlot Hospital? Are yah sure about that Dash?” Applejack asked, wondering why Sunset would want to go to a hospital with Trixie of all people.
“Positive, I heard them talking about putting on a show there.” Rainbow Dash said seriously.
“But why would Sunset and Trixie choose a hospital to use our magic?” Rarity questioned.
“Ah dunno what Sunset’s up to but she can’t be up to any good,” Applejack said.
“We gotta stop her. This is our chance to get my magic back.” Rainbow Dash urged her friends.
“Your magic?” Rarity questioned, raising an eyebrow at Dash.
“I mean our magic,” Rainbow Dash laughed nervously.
“How can you be so sure that that’s what Sunset said?” Fluttershy questioned.
“Fluttershy, I was there!” Rainbow Dash raised her voice. “How many times do I have to tell you that I heard Sunset myself!”
“But what if she knew you were there and she’s just stringing you along?” Rarity asked. “We know that Sunset is great at deceiving people, she did deceive us after all.”
“But what if that’s also a deception?” questioned Rainbow. “Like you said, Sunset is a manipulator. She could be stringing us along and we may never know what she’s really planning, that’s why we have to act on every lead.”
“Do we really know what Sunset is capable of?” Pinkie questioned, gaining everyone’s attention.
“What’re yah sayin’, Pinkie?” Applejack asked.
“Girls, from all the time we spent with Sunset, can you honestly say you know her?” Pinkie Pie asked in a serious tone.
“Why would that matter now?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Pinkie, what brought this on?” Rarity asked, curious as to what the party girl was thinking.
“I’ve been thinking a lot about Sunset’s ‘betrayal’,” Pinkie Pie air quoted. “And I’ve noticed that all we know about Sunset is of her as a bully, I don’t remember ever learning anything else about her.”
“She knows how to play guitar,” Rainbow Dash brought up.
“She’s a hard worker?” Applejack half asked.
“She has a very unique style,” Rarity said matter of fact.
“I don’t know anything about her,” Fluttershy said honestly, she is a bit saddened with this admission.
“Me neither,” Pinkie Pie agreed, saddened that she doesn’t really know who Sunset is.
“So what if we don’t know anything about Sunset,” Rainbow Dash said dismissively. “It doesn't change what we know she is now.”
“An all-powerful Queen.”
The girls are startled by the voice and quickly turned around to see Sunset.
“Good morning, ladies.” Sunset greeted her former friends, smiling fiendishly at them.
“What do you want?” Rainbow Dash asked, glaring at Sunset.
“Nothing, just observing the state of CHS only resistance cell. But I suppose calling you that is too much,” Sunset mocked.
“What did you say?” Rainbow Dash said in a threatening tone.
"I mean how effective are you, really? No magic, no army, no plan. You certainly aren't united if what I’ve seen is any indication,” Sunset insulted them.
Rainbow Dash had had enough and marched up to Sunset.
“Listen here Sunset, you’re going down and this time you’re going to stay down!” Rainbow Dash vowed as she got close to Sunset’s face.
“You have very pretty eyes, Dashie. So full of intensity,” Sunset winked at Rainbow.
Rainbow Was taken aback by this and stumbled back.
“What the heck?!” Rainbow Dash did not expect Sunset to say that.
“What’s the matter, Rainbow Dash? Can’t take a compliment?” Sunset teased. “You were always one to be shy when complimented on your femininity.” Sunset looks to the other members of the Rainbooms. “Despite her generosity, Rarity is very vain, Applejack is as stubborn as a mule, Pinkie Pie is just Pinkie. As for Fluttershy...you get the picture.”
Rarity was visibly offended by this, Applejack groaned in annoyance, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy looked down in sadness.
“Face it, you girls can’t do anything to stop me. So just fall in line like everyone else,” Sunset said with a smile as she walked past them and towards the school.
“Still think she’s not Anon-A-Miss, Shy?” Rainbow Dash asked, glaring at Sunset’s back.
Fluttershy remained silent, watching Sunset enter the school with sad eyes.
“We’re going to show her when we stop whatever plan she has with Trixie at the hospital,” Rainbow Dash vowed.
Inside the school, Sunset looked at her locker, all clean. The graffiti had been washed off, much to her pleasure. The students knew not to mess with her and Sunset is intent to keep it that way.
“Today is going to turn out very interesting,” Sunset smirked.
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Getting Soviet Union fastback
Fun times ahead.
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You know it!
Odd, she is egging them on. Why? What does she need them to do so badly, at the hospital, that she would go out or her way to get Pinkie and 'Shy onboard like that?
Ah so that explains what was up with Celestia's cutie mark. Now that think about it, when the journal showed a unicorn's head, I assumed it was Sunset's.
But now that I recall back to a previous chapter, it was pointed out by the girls that the head looked like someone in a portrait behind Sunset. And now I understand, it was Celestia's.
What is Sunset up to?
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On the surface, it sounds like a basic set-up to get the girls to embarrass themselves at a public charity event as a means of getting a little revenge and showing her power. I wonder though if she's got a plan to narrow down Anon-a-miss though--a spell or recruited hacker ready to catch Anon-a-miss as she makes an immediate post about the planned fiasco. Anon-a-miss does appear to love posting embarrassing student stories.
nice work.
i do like what is going on but depending on the rules of the world it could backfire as since sunset took the others magic it could turn out they (rainbow especialy) could try get their magic back in other ways. Personaly the idea of sunsets plan backfiring and rainbow getting dark magic or something could be interesting as while ponys and humans are apparently verry similer there is bond to be some diffrences.
Great chapter, Happy Holidays, hope to see another chapter very soon.
Really wonder what her plan is...
Also something that doesn't seem to add up:
Celestia said with that spell she would know if something happens to hhe journal, but actually nothing happened to it.
The book that got destroyed was a fake, so why would the spell react if it is a fake?
Sorry if I got something wrong, its pretty late right now for me
oh shots fired!
идиот Радуга Дэш (Idiot Rainbow Dash) -.-
Great Chapter!!! And merry Christmas!!!! Its Boxing Day where I'm from though.
Gonna call it: Sunset and Trixie are gonna entertain the sick/injured at the hospital and Dash is gonna ruin it; painting herself and the other four in a bad light.
Worst case scenario: Sunset and Trixie are doing a show for Terminally ill children and Dash is gonna ruin it for all parties.
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Simple, the spell was copied over to the fake.
Rainbow needs to learn to quote verbatim. She's coming off as worse than she actually is.
This is what she heard:
also this:
and this:
Given that context, of course Rainbow would say her magic. That's the only magic in play. Yes, Sunset has explicitly stated that she may give out the other Rainboom's magic, but that would be later and on the presumption that giving Rainbow's magic to Trixie went off without a hitch. Rainbow's magic is getting transferred at the hospital, so Rainbow's magic is the magic they're most likely to recover at the hospital.
She wasn't being selfish by saying it was her magic, she was being reasonable, but the other Rainbooms don't know that, because she didn't give them enough information. If she'd told them everything, or just recorded the conversation and played it back for them, they'd know that her saying "my magic" isn't her being a jackass. She didn't, so they think it is her being a jackass.
Or, short version: Rainbow sucks at PR. Like: a lot.
For another illustration of that fact:
Spying on Sunset was Pinkie Pie's idea, and everyone was ok with it both times Pinkie Pie brought up. The reason that Rainbow was the only one to actually honor Pinkie Pie's request that Sunset be spied on was simply that everyone else was busy. She certainly had been the most invested in the whole affair, but she didn't go because she was obsessed, she went because she was availible.
Then, when she got there, Sunset specifically tailored what she said to Rainbow Dash, intentionally trying to get a rise out of her and railroad her into an irrational response, because Rainbow was the only one there. That means that if someone else had been available instead, Sunset would have manipulated that Rainboom into playing Rainbow's role here.
Rarity already suspects that that's exactly what happened, which I'll come back to, but even without that suspicion the other Rainbooms would have enough information to realize that Rainbow should be the most convinced that Sunset is guilty. She's the one who gathered all the evidence, she's the one with all the firsthand experience, she ought to be the one most convinced Sunset's evil.
The Rainbooms aren't stupid; they know this. Rainbow is just so utterly terrible at advocating for herself that she's managed to convince them to ignore these facts and instead default to the assumption that Rainbow's just unreasonable and obsessed.
First, credit where it's due: Rarity is spot on. That's exactly what happened. Sunset is intentionally manipulating Rainbow into thinking she's guilty and doing everything in her power to make Rainbow think that whatever's going down at the hospital is gonna be bad. Rarity has only second-hand information, and it's pretty sparse at that, and she managed to figure out precisely what's going on. That's impressive.
Second, unless you assume that Rarity's ignoring Fluttershy and, to a lesser extent, Pinkie Pie, what she said here doesn't track.
Stringing someone along, especially in a way that leaves their friends convinced they're not of sound mind, is a jerk move. That means that what happened here boils down to:
The problem is that what Rarity's saying isn't a "But what if" statement. Not in this context.
If we ignore those saying that Sunset might not be a jerk, then the context changes, and - as a result - what Rarity said makes perfect sense. In that case, the question isn't, "Is Sunset being a jerk?" but instead, "In what way is Sunset being a jerk?" and that point Rarity's bit is a counterpoint to Rainbow's, and the "But what if" statement tracks.
So, as I said, it's not a problem if Rarity is ignoring Fluttershy.
The thing the Rainbooms are missing here is motive. The question isn't if Sunset's being a jerk. The question is why she's doing jerkish things.
This applies to the ones who have started to think Sunset is innocent every bit as much as the ones who think she's guilty. Fluttershy's thought isn't, "Maybe Sunset is doing this stuff for a good cause," but instead that maybe Rainbow heard wrong. She didn't.
With the exception of "Anon-a-Miss did her job", which is an error that's more the fault of Sunset's oratory than Rainbow's comprehension, Rainbow hasn't misunderstood it either. Rainbow heard Sunset say that her underlings would serve her, she heard Sunset say that they'd bring the school under her rule, she heard Sunset say that she took the Rainboom's magic, she heard Sunset say that she'd give Rainbow's magic to Trixie. Unless Sunset is planning on stiffing Trixie, Rainbow correctly interpreted all of these things. The problem isn't that Rainbow misunderstood, which means that Fluttershy's defense of Sunset is fundamentally flawed.
Rainbow and Fluttershy both need to ask, "Ok, but why is she doing these things?" Rainbow isn't because she's exclusively concerned with what's happening on the surface, Fluttershy isn't because she's in denial about whether Sunset's actually doing them.
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I like how you broke this down.
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That's the big question I have. She's going out of her way to keep the Rainbooms from coming back over to her side. Maybe she sees those bridges as burned and friendship as no longer possible, but - even then - actively working to make them think she's evil would seem counterproductive.
And then there's this:
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Eternal Sunset has already said "Sunset knows better than to let Rainbow Dash ruin the fun," which is good to know, but it's hard to control all variables, and by tricking the Rainbooms into thinking something bad is going down at the hospital, she risks that happening whether she wants it to or not. So the question becomes why try to make sure they'll be pissed off and irrational going in?
If she flat out said, "Trixie's putting on a magic show for sick children at the hospital," or whatever, "I want you to help out," the Rainbooms would have to pitch in because they'd want to make sure Sunset wasn't doing anything nefarious to the sick children (or whoever), want to keep an eye on her in general, and probably want to help on general principles too.
She could have done that instead she's trying to get them coming in looking for a fight. So, like I said, the question is: Why?
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it's going to be a while before it's revealed
Regarding Rainbow's comment, the scene outside the school literally had nothing to do with Anon-A-Miss. Rainbow's basically just using it as an excuse for her actions at this point.
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Called it. If you can't see the body it looks like a unicorn. 🤘
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Correct!
I get the feeling that Sunset and Trixie are planning to do some sort of volunteer work at the hospital and trying to stop it is gonna make the Rainbooms look really bad.
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So basically, Dash is being Dash from this story. (until the halfway point)
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Easy: To show how wrong they are about her.
They think that, in a span of a few months, they know her, how she'll act, and what she'll do if left to her own devices.
Remember, they're the ones that threw her out because they think they know her enough to be Anon-a-Miss.
If she told them that she's helping Trixie entertain sick and injured kids, they'd either won't believe her since they still think she's Anon-a-Miss or forcefully demand that she stay way from Trixie or the hospital.
If she'd asked them for help they'd either think it's some trick and flat out say no, or be disgusted that Sunset would even consider asking them for help since, again, they still think she's Anon-a-Miss.
All of this is just to show them how wrong they are because they refuse to listen to reason.
man, Sunset is a real bastard here, and im glad that at least Twilight and Celestia are acknowledging that she is going down a dark path. fixing the school by becoming every bit the bitch they thought she was. and if she is planning on doing what i think she is, (setting it up for Rainbow and the rest to wreck a party for sick kids by riling them and their paranoia up, all so she can break their will and make them submit (as well as some revenge, because destroying people emotionally as well as socially is a dick move of the highest caliber)).
if she really was trying to fix things, and not be a bad person, she wouldn't do that by going out of her way to make them think she is a total bitch... by being a total bitch to them and doing everything short of cackling while twirling her mustache... which she is since this is clearly all part of a plan to set them up.
any way merry christmas. i love this story, and i can't wait to read more. maybe i will be wrong and this won't be as bad as i think it will... but from the way she is acting i don't see any other reason for her to so openly antagonize them (including saying that she stole their magic infront of rainbow) other then to set them up and destroy them)
Aside from the group that actually attacked Sunset, what has she done to anyone that's so bad?
Students were attacking her in the hallway and she chose not to tolerate it. A group tried to ambush her and she put them in their place. Other than that she hasn't done anything to anybody.
10598693 That's exactly what I was thinking! They're probably going to put on a little magic show, then the Rainbooms will show up, trash it, and inadvertently make themselves look like the bad guys!
You know, Sunset should say. "You also thought me as family AJ.. but you threw me aside. But you forgave your sister. Maybe i'm not really family after all"
Does anyone else notice how Rainbow always claims that Sunset stole their magic, but never mentions how the Rainbooms tried to use their magic against her outside of a magical situation.
The way she says it makes it sound like Sunset stole it from their backpacks or something. 😏
Really nice story so far. I can't wait to see where this goes.
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So, great job, Rainbow. The other girls are about to suffer great humiliation and a major blow to their reputation as a result of your hubris.
Rainbow has lost all control over herself, haunted by the idea that Sunset is the villain.
The worst thing about it is that I can really believe that Rainbow would do that.
My real question is what Sunset wants to achieve, she is setting a trap, but why?
I don't think he just wants revenge, she must have a reason to make herself look bad front the rainbooms.
I Keep reading.
Nobody says that. How about ending with something a little more natural sounding like: "Last thing she told me was that she recruited Trixie for part two of her plan." (or whatever is supposed to be chronologically the last thing Sunset wrote) or just "you read the rest yourself." or even something personal like "I don't like how she plays the villain now but it's her choice so I support her."
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Good suggestions.
I think you might mean a Teapot and two teacups.
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Oops! XD